ceginus aaaa gladly!! I'll be looking forward to it >:3
Hey! I'm not sure if this is the right spot to post this, but I think it'd be cool to have a place for bilingual people to translate some cool phrases or words for creations. Personally I'm looking to see if someone can correctly translate "You can't handle the truth" from English to Latin.
I'm not bilingual myself, unfortunately, but maybe others who want correct translations can build this post up and help each other.
So what kinds of things do you want translated for your creations and how do you use them? I like using phrases or words to create names or locations :)
Edit: Wow, this post blew up more than I originally thought it would! From now on, I'll try to list the languages and the users that speak said languages below to make it easier for others to find the proper person they need! If there's any problems at all with what's listed, please let me know and I'll change it ASAP. If there are languages that are together that the native speakers suggest be separated, please also let me know! I don't want to offend anyone and I don't know much about different languages (but I'm learning a lot from everyone). Thank you to everyone for your assistance!
If anyone wants to know anything specific to translate, please ping in the forum someone from the list under the correct language. There are many people with many skills who have offered their time to help :)
Please try to keep things PG13, as there may be minors present. Also if anyone in the list wishes to be removed from it for any reason, please let me know! I will do so with no questions asked.
Arabic
Virgichuu (Standard + Darija)
Chinese
sanduke (Mandarin)
Siyu (Mandarin + Cantonese)
keito (Mandarin)
ktensai (Mandarin; not best with slang)
Czech/Slovak
Danish
VanillaMouse (conversational knowledge)
ballpit (native speaker)
Dutch/Flemish (Belgian Dutch)
Esperanto
Aietra (Esperanto --> EN EN --> Esperanto)
Estonian
Finnish
Cliodna (Tempere/Saimaa region, simple Finnish)
French
@Judas-la-Carotte
NODENS (native speaker; French-->English English-->French)
@TheLonelyArtist (native speaker; French-->English English-->French)
thvnvtxs (native speaker; French Canadian/slang and international French)
CELEXIA (native speaker; French-->English English -->French)
Gaddang
German
gvvcci (practical knowledge)
@RaykayRa
miss_samychan (native speaker; German-->English English-->German); can DM
Freki (native speaker)
Greek
Hungarian
Icelandic
VanillaMouse (between beginner/intermediate; still learning)
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
arrowXflight (best at Japanese ---> English)
Nahkeri (3 years learning, some translations)
MagicaeDraco (audio specifically)
Fluffu_Z (2 years studying; Japanese-->En/Spanish En/Spanish-->Japanese)
nyainou (2nd year college level; Jpn-->EN)
Korean
Enel (native speaker)
Latin
ceginus (4 years, best at Latin ---> English)
keito (medical Latin)
Meänkieli
Norwegian
AnonymousPumpkins (basic Bokmål)
Polish
Portuguese
CatPerson (Brazilian Portuguese)
sunshineem (Portugal)
BlueOnyx (European; PT>ENG or ENG>PT)
Skullysky (Brazilian Portuguese; can help with Northeastern dialect; PT-->EN EN-->PT)
Classy-Cat (Brazilian Portuguese; native speaker; PT--> EN EN-->PT)
Romanian
Russian
Wenldy (native speaker; better at EN-->RU but can still do RU-->EN)
nubifera (En-->Ru Ru-->En)
Spanish
arrowXflight (semi-speak; best at Spanish ---> English)
DanTheMemeMan (learning Spanish)
piineapples (practical Spanish, still learning)
ceginus (3 years)
salida (native speaker)
NathanU (native speaker)
Fluffu_Z (fluent; En/Japanese-->Spanish Spanish-->En/Japanese)
Swedish
sikuriini (bit of Swedish)
Thai
Ledokol (native speaker of Central Thai)
Ukrainian
Virgichuu Alrighty! I'll be sure to list you down like that then. Thank you so much for answering my questions!
ceginus Don't worry, jump in all you want! XD This is a place to chat about languages and cultures! It's great that you're able to connect with someone over a location like that, that's pretty cool!
Siyu Thank you so much for being here! I'll be sure to list you down. If you don't mind me asking, what is the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese? :0 It's not often I hear of Cantonese speakers, usually it's Mandarin.
Dalyladolly Great to have you here! Thank you so much for volunteering. I'll be sure to list you down! :)
Casually revives thread// i can help out anyone w mandarin chinese or french! I also know medical latin and greek if anyone needs help w describing diseases and such HAHA
Theres already a lot of people on the list for spanish but im a native speaker and I can help if people want help with something specific like mexican spanish, as a lot of our vocabulary is unique :o
Anybody here have enough experience to double check Japanese translations of character names for me?
Wow, it's been awhile since I replied here, so apologies for that ._.
Everyone who has offered their assistance, thank you very much! Specifically "recently" keito , wallstaples , and NATURE_KID. I'm so sorry that I haven't replied more here.
To add a bit to some things, I'm currently learning a language that can't exactly work here: ASL or American Sign Language. To give some information on it coming from someone who has never even touched on the subject, it's actually really fascinating. Some things are very simplistic and make a lot of sense or is even used in daily speak for those who don't know it (for example, most people know the "so-so" hand gesture in America; that's actually an ASL sign as well). There is also different "dialects" depending on where you live, something I never really knew. There is a difference between "deaf" and "Deaf" culture, another thing I didn't know, and eyebrows and facial expressions are SUPER important!
If anyone is interested in the language even a little bit, here is a link to a website I use a lot for class to help communicate with my instructor. If you have characters that are deaf or hard of hearing, it's a good place to see how at least those who speak ASL communicate. It would help a lot in stories and drawings since those who are deaf "speak" very differently than what a lot of us realize :)